Jeffrey Jones
Jeffrey Jones
Jeffrey Duncan Jonesis an American actor best known for his roles as Joseph II in Amadeus, Edward R. Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Charles Deetz in Beetlejuice. Jones' career started in Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, advanced to London and Broadway, before leading to a series of character acting roles in film and television, which often capitalized on Jones' deadpan delivery of characters in unusual situations to comic effect...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth28 September 1946
CityBuffalo, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I just hope that some of the movies I'm in are still welcome years from now.
I got a phone call from Douglas Campbell and from Jerome Guthrie, who offered me a job out of the blue.
Well, my brother was a schizophrenic, so I understood it in a different way from seeing my brother.
So when you make an impression in a certain kind of role, that tends to be the type of role that you get offered.
And from my character's point-of-view in Ravenous, he had been collected by Robert Carlyle's character, he had become infected by this ravenous, cannibalistic power, and he was making the best of it.
Every actor wants to have a character that changes, that has some kind of movement, that gets from point A to point B, that doesn't just supply one note.
I know a lot of people who are very good at their craft who have learned - people behind the camera - who really have a lot to offer because they know what they're doing, they know what to do, they've made their mistakes.
I only know from my own personal experience, and I personally feel that there's a cyclical nature to things, so you don't want to start making generalizations about how bad things have become in comparison to the old days.
I would like to feel that I have a range and that it's not just a matter of being a comic actor or a serious actor, because those are really artificial classifications, I think.
I've gotten to go wonderful places, meet interesting and intelligent people, and I started of course in the theatre and continue to work in the theatre where there is some intelligence involved in it.
My son tried to work in films and he ultimately gave it up, he finally couldn't make a living, he couldn't support himself. He worked all the time and he didn't make enough money to have a house, have an apartment.
This outfit called Los Angeles Theatre Works does readings of plays.
In this day when God is often referred to as 'It' or 'She' or 'Goddess' for the sake of leveling, I must say I can't recall Satan ever being referred to as 'She.'
If you're an employer, you want to hire an employee who'll do their job, not do your bidding.